Syria News | News Date April 29, 2012

News Analysis: Cease-Fire in Syria Buying Time at a Cost

A United Nations-backed plan has failed to stop the fighting, but supporters hope for a chance to organize the opposition, sway Russia and prevent an all-out civil war.

Syrian forces, rebels clash in Latakia

Syrian forces clashed with opposition fighters early Saturday in the coastal city of Latakia, anti-government activists said, further crumbling a shaky cease-fire meant to end 13 months of unrest.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=KaPO2_00HsI:2Whto-d4mbs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=KaPO2_00HsI:2Whto-d4mbs:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=KaPO2_00HsI:2Whto-d4mbs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?i=KaPO2_00HsI:2Whto-d4mbs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=KaPO2_00HsI:2Whto-d4mbs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http

Opposition activists: Syrian forces, rebels clash in coastal city

Syrian forces clashed with opposition fighters early Saturday in the coastal city of Latakia, anti-government activists said, further crumbling a shaky cease-fire meant to end 13 months of unrest.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=TMVV6eut6LA:FaflaNSGuDw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=TMVV6eut6LA:FaflaNSGuDw:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=TMVV6eut6LA:FaflaNSGuDw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?i=TMVV6eut6LA:FaflaNSGuDw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=TMVV6eut6LA:FaflaNSGuDw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/

Syria suicide bombing kills nine in Damascus

A bomber strikes outside a mosque in an opposition stronghold of Damascus, the Syrian capital. Bashar Assad's government blames terrorists, but the opposition accuses the government.BEIRUT — Two weeks after a supposed cease-fire was meant to bring an end to violence in Syria, an explosion Friday ripped through the capital, Damascus, killing at least nine people and injuring almost 30.

Syria suicide bombing kills nine in Damascus

A bomber strikes outside a mosque in an opposition stronghold of Damascus, the Syrian capital. Bashar Assad's government blames terrorists, but the opposition accuses the government.BEIRUT — Two weeks after a supposed cease-fire was meant to bring an end to violence in Syria, an explosion Friday ripped through the capital, Damascus, killing at least nine people and injuring almost 30.

U.N. monitors in Syria visit scene of deadly blast

Antigovernment activists say the explosion a day earlier in Hama killed 70 people. The government blames a 'terrorist group' and says 16 people died.BEIRUT — United Nations monitors on Thursday visited the scene of an explosion in the Syrian city of Hama that antigovernment activists said had killed 70 people, many of them women and children.

Suicide Attack Kills 9 Near Damascus as Cease-fire Erodes

A suicide bomber attacked a group of Syrian security forces as state media reported at least two other bombings around the capital.

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